Review of vulnerable adult care - BBC News
Charity Action on Elder Abuse says current care guidance is often ignored, leading to "atrocious" cases of physical, mental and financial abuse. It is demanding new legislation to tackle elder abuse, 67% of which, it says, is perpetrated in people's
Charity dinner dance to be held next month - Niagara Review
A dinner dance to benefit the Matthew Daniele Memorial Fund will be held at the John Michael’s Banquet and Conference Centre, Nov. 14. The 10-year-old Niagara Falls boy died in 2001 from complications from pneumonia. A memorial fund established by
Soldier charity to hold benefit concert - ABC 4
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Operation ensuring Christmas is holding a concert to raise money for the project. They’re goal is to send packages to 15,000 Utah soldiers who will be overseas for the Christmas season. The concert will be on November
Survivor’ winner’s appeal is rejected - MSNBC
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Richard Hatch’s appeal of his conviction for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season of “Survivor.” Hatch, 47, was sentenced to four years and three
Heller's 'Big Spender' ad challenged - San Francisco Gate
Republican Rep. Dean Heller's use of the Broadway classic "Big Spender" in Nevada radio and television ads criticizing his Democratic opponent, Jill Derby, has drawn a lawsuit threat from the widow of the music's composer, Cy Coleman. Shelby Coleman
COLUMN: Charity a bit close to home - Norton Mirror
Some things in life never change. Taxes keep going up, fall brings gorgeous colors to the trees in New England, and phone calls and emails from my daughter at Union College in Nebraska continue to keep me supplied with plenty of fodder for columns. I
3 former execs at Texas charity accused of fraud - MSN MoneyCentral
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Three former executives of a charity with $834 million in government contracts were arrested Tuesday in a contract fraud probe that has grown to ensnare public officials in El Paso, Texas. Robert E. Jones, who is charged with 37
Man Bids $30K To Fight Michael Lohan - Access Hollywood
He’s taken his lumps in the tabloids; now he’ll be ducking swings in the boxing ring. Michael Lohan , the estranged father of Lindsay Lohan , will face Bob Venero, the president of Future Tech Enterprise, in an upcoming charity boxing match